Methods and Applications in Petroleum and Mineral Exploration and Engineering Geology

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Methods and Applications in Petroleum and Mineral Exploration and Engineering Geology
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List of contributors
Section 1 Petroleum Exploration
1 Review chapter on petroleum exploration section
Geochemistry
Unconventional reservoirs
New technologies
Approaches and numerical methods
References
Further reading
2 Microseeps as pathfinder and regional filtering tool in petroleum exploration
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Migrating hydrocarbon theory
2.3 Sampling
2.4 Case histories
2.5 Keota Dome
2.6 Dolley and Sawbuck Fields
2.7 Eland Field
2.8 Moore-Johnson Field
2.9 Discussion
References
3 Correlation of stable carbon isotope, reflectance, and total organic carbon that help provide a new stratigraphic framewo...
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Geology
3.2.1 Cherokee Basin
3.3 Denver Basin
3.4 Stable carbon isotope
3.5 Arrow Canyon Snaky Canyon
3.6 Discussion of carbon isotopes
3.7 Pyritization data
3.8 Conclusions
References
4 A review about recent seismic techniques in shale-gas exploration
Key points
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Anisotropy of shale-gas reservoirs
4.3 Seismic methods and properties of gas-bearing shale
4.3.1 Acquisition and processing
4.3.2 Data interpretation and reservoir characterization
4.4 Example from Boonsville field, Fort Worth Basin
4.5 Conclusions
References
5 Evaluation of the pilot waterflood at Arikaree Creek Field case study for enhancing oil recovery from a low temperature h...
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Geology
5.3 Seismic interpretation and results
5.4 Production history
5.5 The waterflood hearing
5.6 Results and discussion
References
6 Analysis of production and geology of unconventional Mississippian carbonate reservoirs in the Mid-continent of the Unite...
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Geology
6.3 Harper County, Kansas
6.3.1 Production
6.4 Conclusions
References
7 Study of nonlinear acoustic processes inside a cracked rock influenced by dynamical loading
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Acoustic emission in crack porous medium
7.3 Nonlinear induced acoustic emission research in core
7.4 Nonlinear induced acoustic emission research in borehole
7.5 Conclusions
References
8 Applications of shear waves in modern seismic technology: overview and examples
8.1 Introduction
8.2 S-wave information from P-wave AVO analysis and inversion
8.3 S-wave from indirect prediction to direct measurement and interpretation
8.4 Shear wave applications: examples from world basins
8.5 Discussion and conclusion
References
9 The low-velocity zone in the crystalline crust of the NW Black Sea shelf as a potential regional methane trap of the ther...
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Materials and method
9.3 Discussion and conclusions
References
10 Peculiarities of convection and oil maturation in 3D porous medium structure
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Model and the boundary problem
10.3 Numerical results and discussions
10.4 Conclusions
Acknowledgment
References
11 Empirical mode decomposition-based approaches for predicting velocity well logs in a petroleum reservoir
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Theory
11.2.1 Local Hölderian regularity
11.2.2 Multifractional Brownian motion
11.2.3 Pointwise estimation of the Hölderian regularity of multifractional Brownian motion
11.2.4 Empirical mode decomposition algorithm
11.2.5 Ensemble empirical mode decomposition algorithm
11.2.6 Complete ensemble empirical mode decomposition algorithm
11.2.7 Hölderian regularity-based fine-to-coarse reconstruction algorithm
11.2.8 Multiple layer perceptron artificial neural networks
11.3 Results and discussion
11.4 Conclusions
References
12 New bidimensional empirical mode decomposition-based seismic attributes
12.1 Introduction
12.2 One-dimensional empirical mode decomposition
12.3 Bidimensional empirical mode decomposition
12.4 Instantaneous amplitude
12.5 Application to Algerian seismic data
12.6 Conclusions
References
13 Local regularity investigation of well logs from an Algerian tight reservoir
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Theory
13.2.1 Local regularity
13.2.2 Fractional Brownian motion
13.2.3 Multifractional Brownian motion
13.2.4 Estimation of the pointwise Hölderian regularity of mBm
13.2.5 Multifractal analysis
13.2.5.1 Wavelet-based multifractal spectrum
13.2.5.2 Multifractal descriptors
13.3 Well log measurements
13.4 Regularity analysis applied to well log data
13.5 Multifractal analysis applied to well log data
13.6 Conclusion
References
Section 2 Mineral Exploration
14 Review chapter on mineral exploration section
References
15 Precambrian lithospheric evolution of the Fennoscandian Shield
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Seismic heterogeneities of the lithosphere
15.2.1 Earth’s crust
15.2.2 Mohorovichich surface
15.2.3 Lithospheric mantle
15.3 Geologic structure of the lithosphere
15.4 Mantle and crustal processes in the Earth’s crust formation
15.5 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
16 Connection of magneto acoustic emission parameters with conditions of magnetite deposits formation
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Object of research
16.2.1 Characteristics of the test samples
16.2.2 Method of measuring
16.2.3 Results of measurements
16.3 Discussion and qualitative interpretation of the results
16.4 Conclusions
References
17 On characterizing anisotropies of the radioactive sources from airborne gamma-ray data using bidimensional empirical mod...
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Theory
17.2.1 One-dimensional empirical mode decomposition
17.2.2 Bidimensional empirical mode decomposition
17.3 Regional geology
17.4 Results and discussion
17.5 Conclusions
References
18 Statistical analysis of geological faults for characterizing mineral deposits
18.1 Introduction
18.2 The box counting fractal dimension
18.3 Fractal analysis of Chilean faults
18.4 Conclusions and further developments
Acknowledgments
References
19 Wavelet-based fractal and multifractal analysis for detecting mineral deposits using multispectral images taken by drones
19.1 Introduction
19.2 Wavelet-based fractal dimension estimation
19.3 The multifractal analysis
19.4 Application to a multispectral image taken by a drone
19.4.1 A multispectral image
19.5 Application of the wavelet-based fractal and multifractal analysis
19.6 Conclusions and further developments
Acknowledgments
References
Section 3 Engineering Geology
20 Review chapter on engineering geology section
20.1 Active monitoring of the structure and state of massif rocks of various content
References
21 Account of rock massif hierarchic heterogeneity by deep mining using explosions
21.1 Introduction
21.2 Development of a mathematical model using the results of active and passive geophysical monitoring
21.3 Algorithm of inverse problem solution of 2-D diffraction of linear polarized elastic transversal wave for n-layered me...
21.4 Algorithm of inverse problem solution of 2-D diffraction of linear polarized elastic transversal wave for n-layered me...
21.5 Conclusion
References
Further reading
22 The similarity of the possible reasons for manifestation of earthquake sources of explosion types and dynamic phenomena ...
22.1 Introduction
22.2 Results and discussions
22.3 Conclusion
References
23 Use of the hardware-software complex device “register” for study of seismic dynamic characteristics of engineering buildings
23.1 Introduction
23.2 Hardware-software complex “Register-SD”
23.3 Practical application of the complex on the example of studying seismic dynamic characteristics of a part of the build...
23.4 Conclusions
References
24 Tidal motions of potential unstable rock massif at the vicinity of Toktogul hydroelectric power plant
24.1 Introduction
24.2 Object and methods of research
24.3 Results
24.4 Conclusion
References
25 New method of defining the geotechnical parameters from CSEM (controlled source electromagnetic method) monitoring data ...
25.1 Introduction
25.2 Surface geology
25.3 Stratigraphy
25.4 Concepts and models
25.5 Results and discussions
25.6 Summary and conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
Index